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TALLAHASSEE, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis signed a school safety measure into law Monday night to prevent shootings, prompted by the 2018 Valentine's Day massacre at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. The bipartisan bill, HB 1473, requires all doors and gates to be locked during school hours unless a staff member is guarding them. Furthermore, it mandates […]
TALLAHASSEE, FL—The Florida House is trying to lower the rifle-buying age to 18, reversing a 2018 law enacted following the massacre at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas. Despite being a "non-starter" in the Senate, the House is still trying to push this bill through the Legislature. "People need to be able to protect themselves," HB 1223's sponsor, […]
The Florida Legislature is considering rolling back the 2018 Marjorie Stoneman Douglas School Safety Act of 2018. Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) spoke with The Floridian about the effort, saying it "got it right" on strengthening school safety measures while maintaining gun rights. Rep. Moskowitz, who sponsored the 2018 legislative measure, described how he viewed school […]
Once again, Deep Blue Broward County has failed its residents. To be fair, a jury of Broward residences actually failed residents after it found former Parkland school resource officer Scot Peterson not guilty on the seven counts of felony child neglect and three counts of culpable negligence he was charged with. Peterson’s attorney argued that […]
Florida's Congressional District 13 race has been particularly vicious between Anna Paulina Luna (R) and Eric Lynn (D). Shortly after the sentencing of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz to life in prison, a verdict Governor Ron DeSantis (R) himself condemned, an attack mailer targeting Luna was released. Fred Guttenberg, father of Parkland victim Jaime Guttenberg, is […]
On the 3-year-anniversary of the Parkland school shooting that left 17 innocent students and teachers dead, President Joe Biden has called on the U.S. Congress to introduce legislation that will ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and mandate background check “on all gun sales.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has announced that the U.S. Justice Department awarded the state more than $291 million in public grants to fund state-level safety agencies and organizations.
As expected, Republican Senators backed Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R) removal of Broward Sheriff Scott Israel Monday night, having voted 9-7 against Israel in the Senate Rules Committee.